From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 1 14:29:18 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id OAA27609 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 1 Jan 1997 14:29:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from obie.softweyr.com ([199.104.124.49]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id OAA27603 for ; Wed, 1 Jan 1997 14:29:12 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wes@localhost) by obie.softweyr.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) id PAA02144; Wed, 1 Jan 1997 15:29:23 -0700 (MST) Date: Wed, 1 Jan 1997 15:29:23 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <199701012229.PAA02144@obie.softweyr.com> From: Wes Peters To: Randy DuCharme CC: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation woes In-Reply-To: <199701010753.XAA09653@root.com> References: <32CA12D4.41C67EA6@nconnect.net> <199701010753.XAA09653@root.com> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Randy DuCharme asked: % 3. After installing several packages, sysinstall start complaining that % there was some error and to check to other VTTY. In doing so, I see a lot % of "proc: system full" (or somthing similar to that, I'm not near the % machine right now). David Greenman replied: > This is a known bug in the installation procedure for 2.1.5. Sysinstall > doesn't properly reap child processes (tar, gzip, etc), and the process > table will eventually overflow if you try to install too many packages. > Just reduce the number of packages down a bit and things should work. Randy, please note that you can easily install *any* of the packages on the CD-ROM after the basic system installation, using the 'pkg_add' command. cd to /cdrom/packages/All and pkg_add each package you want, one after another. It'll even take care of installing dependant packages for you. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com